Vendor Manager - Retail/FMCG - IIM/ISB/XLRI/MDI/IMP/SP Jain/IMT Ghaziabad

Vendor Manager Job Description

Vendor Manager's Primary responsibilities will include:

- Managing full financial P&L for the category/accounts.

- Managing Budget deployment and Revenue for the category

- Candidate should be detail-oriented and adept at negotiating vendor contracts, should be able to multitask effectively as well as demonstrate exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

- Developing and sustaining long-standing relationships with company-approved vendors.

- Analysing data or insights to formulate product, sales and pricing strategies and align with the vendors regarding the same.

- Implementing vendor selection programs to ensure that the best vendors are Onboarded. Will be responsible for determining customer market needs, growing selection across sub-categories, Optimizing Vendor Trade Terms, and getting support for Marketing campaigns.

- Responsible for Pricing and Demand generation. This includes working with other members of the category management team to come up with innovative promotions and site features to improve customer experience.

- Owning Business metrics and data quality.

Vendor Manager Requirements:

- 1 to 8 years of relevant experience, proven experience working as a vendor manager/category manager will be an added advantage.

- Strong negotiation, management, and decision-making skills.

- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

- Ability to think strategically and tactically, with excellent attention to detail.

- Tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment.

- Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

- A Master's degree especially from IIM, ISB, XLRI, MDI, IMP, SP Jain, IMT Ghaziabad, Great Lakes and other top tier B-schools will be preferred

- Experience in Consumer-facing sectors such as ecommerce, Retail and FMCG etc is preferred